Intel® NUC The Shape that Fits the Future. CASE STUDY

Intel® NUC Case Study: RIWO engineering

The Next Unit of Computing powered by a 3rd Generation Intel® Core™ i3 processor. Company Description Riwo Engineering is specialized in industrial automation, process control and ICT (Information and Communication Technology). On a daily basis we work on projects for various customers within a wide range of countries. We offer solutions for several branches and various industries such as food, bio-energy, water purification, waste water treatment, automotive, horticulture, cattle feeding systems, laser solutions (welding, cutting, marking), etc.

We tailor solutions for each customer’s unique requirements. The diversity of our projects has allowed us to have a vast knowledge base and experience with industrializing. With focus on customer satisfaction, professionalism and customization Riwo Engineering strives to provide the best solution possible based on our customers’ unique vision.

RIWO engineering is specialized in industrial automation, process control and ICT Think you know what small can do? Think again.

Goals Riwo successfully tested an Intel® NUC Core We needed a hardware platform with routing i3 and this stage what they are using its functionality to be a gateway between our remote management via SW tools not making industrial automation solution at customer use of any HW capabilities like AMT. However site and a central Riwo application for remote they are now evaluating an INTEL® NUC Core diagnosis, VPN functionality and, most of all, i5 Vpro SKU, based on the extra features that easy to use solution for our dealers. could be offered within this product family, this product seemed ideal for their usage Our goal is to offer dealers a solution that model. securely and simply accesses and manages their end customer installations, even behind firewalls. The solution should be easy to install and allow employees to use the solution based on plug and play. With the Why is INTEL® NUC the ideal solution? solution a service platform is needed for overview, historical logs, user management, Size: Within our industry, sometimes centime- policies and VPN functionality. ters of free space could make a huge differ- ence on allowing any projects to be executed. In this case a four-by-four-inch Riwo created this solution by our platform and enclosed in a tiny case makes it the ideal case study Rimote. Rimote is a cloud server application device for small industrial storerooms. product badge with a web interface for control and user goes here interface. At customer site a Rimote box is Performance: Powered by Intel® 3rd Genera- trying to connect with the tion Core™ Processors, big on performance / featuring longer battery life and built-in Rimote server. When the connection security for deeper protection. In this way we is established a secured bi-directional will be able run our process Control Software connection is initiated. Over this connection a and Rimote, and with no major effort move basic command interface structure is offered. between applications with smart multi- As a function of this structure a VPN can tasking delivered by Intel® Hyper-Threading be tunneled over the secured connection. Technology. While developing Rimote we got involved in a case for regulating electrical energy based Current situation on the Rimote, an ideal platform for getting The commercial name of this product is unbal- a professional and stable working solution. ance regulator. The remote server is continu- The market for electricity can be compared ously running algorithms for calculation of the to a stock exchange. There is continuous co- most optical set point for a specific electricity ordination between the supply and purchase supplying installation. In our Rimote platform of electricity. The difference between the this module is called Energy Client Monitoring. amount of electricity that is offered and the At this moment we are running five biogas amount that is taken is called unbalance. If pilots. A Rimote box is installed at customer at some point too much electricity is offered site as being the bridge between the plant one can make money by decreasing electricity and the unbalance regulator. The box is con- supply to the grid. When too little electricity tinuously transmitting actual plant measure- is offered on the grid one can make money by ments for feeding the algorithms while it is temporarily delivering more electricity. continuously receiving the most optimal set point.

2 TheIntel® Shape NUC that case Fits study the Future. Describe what you did with the INTEL® We have to investigate and test the Conclusion: NUC: solution for: Finally, Riwo engineering is enthusiastic Riwo integrated the INTEL® NUC in the - Cooling (fanless) about using the INTEL® NUC in this applica- Rimote boxes. Typically in this pilot the INTEL® tion; However, we would like to migrate to - The influence of ammonia on the INTEL® NUC NUC runs a Windows 7 OS with the Rimote the INTEL® NUC Core i5 Vpro. We would like to Client Application (MS Visual Studio C#). - Basic Remote functionality when the Windows OS or have a product to integrate all the requested functionality into one platform and the The INTEL® NUC communicates with an Rimote Application fails. INTEL® NUC Core i5 Vpro SKU (based on the industrial PLC (Sigmatek). This PLC interfaces - Direct IO solutions like USB or mini PCI-E - On board extra features that could be offered within with industrial field busses and sensors that second Ethernet interface possibility for WAN/LAN this product family) will be the product that are necessary for well-functioning of the separation (now based on USB) Results: ideally fits our usage model moving forward. Unbalance Regulator. For the pilot our goals are met, but for stabilizing and serializing the product we have to investigate further on.

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